Elections and Voting

October 23, 2008 - A conflict has arisen in Florida between elections supervisors and the Secretary of State over how to deal with new voters whose registration hasn't been verified.

October 22, 2008 - As the world witnessed during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, disasters have a way of revealing underlying social inequalities. That lesson is now being repeated in the wake of last month's disaster along the Gulf Coast.

October 22, 2008 - A new report released today by the Pew Center on the States' Electionline.org details how voters could face long lines, new technology and registration challenges in a number of states in the upcoming election.

October 22, 2008 - Everyone knew 2008 was going to be big. Since early spring, when voter registrations started zooming up during the hard-fought primaries, election officials across the South and country have known they needed to be ready for an election with potentially record-setting turnout.

October 21, 2008 - Yesterday we reported on the undervote problem in North Carolina -- votes that are cast but don't register a vote for president. In 2004, N.C.

October 21, 2008 - As allegations of voter fraud and voter suppression lead headlines this week, some civil rights and election protection organizations are working to expose what they call "a new generation of online deceptive practices" designed to mislead and intimidate voters.

October 21, 2008 - As expected, voter turnout was huge in Florida yesterday, the first day of early voting. Some numbers across the state: * Nearly 12,000 in Duvall County (Jacksonville)